Dr Jessica Widner
Lecturer
English & Creative Writing
Personal statement
My creative practice complements my critical research; my first novel, Interiors, published by the87press in 2022, picked up on many of the theoretical concerns of my research, particularly around embodied perception and the sense of touch.
While I am predominantly a fiction writer I am interested in working across and bridging different disciplines and forms, including fiction, poetry, creative criticism, creative non-fiction, and collage.
My second novel, a literary thrilled titled In Residence is forthcoming from Verve Books in 2027 and my critical book Hellfeminism: Resistance and Surrealism in South Korean Women's Writing is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press's Elements in Feminism and Contemporary Critical Theory series in 2027.
Publications
- Three novels by Nobel winner Han Kang that explain the fragile nature of South Korea
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- (2025)
- Back and forth and in between : In-yun, Chiasmus, and the Korean diaspora in Past Lives
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- From Troubled Dreams Under a Glare of Sky (2023) (2023)
- Between self and other : Anaïs Nin's transformative erotics
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- The Cultural Sociology of Reading The Meanings of Reading and Books Across the World (2022) (2022)
- Interiors
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- (2022)
- Modern Art
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- (2021)
- The Perpetual Dispatch
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- Gutter : the magazine of new Scottish writing (2021)
Teaching
I lecture, teach, and supervise across UG and PG modules in English & Creative Writing. I convene the MLitt in Creative Writing and co-convene the MFA in Creative Writing, along with Dr Maria Sledmere. I welcome any enquiries related to these programmes.
Research Interests
Professional Activities
- Poetry Readings: Emily Lee Luan, Megan Pinto, Annie Wenstrup and Jessica Widner
- Chair
- 19/4/2026
- Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
- Host
- 10/4/2026
- Karenjit Sandhu
- Host
- 24/2/2026
- Creative Writing & Daydreaming
- Lecturer
- 13/11/2025
- Strathwrites
- Speaker
- 29/10/2025
- Chair: Gabrielle Bates for Judas Goat
- Speaker
- 27/10/2025
Projects
- Criticality and Creative Practice: training for practice-based students and their supervisors
- Sledmere, Maria (Principal Investigator) Widner, Jessica (Co-investigator) Bernstein, Sarah (Co-investigator) Jones, Sophie (Co-investigator)
- A one-day on campus student training event and follow-up supervisor webinar led by researchers based in Creative Writing, dedicated to supporting practice-based doctoral scholars with the critical component of their thesis.
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
Jessica
Widner
Lecturer
English & Creative Writing
Email: jessica.widner@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted